Trip-head for carriers.



No. 636,834. Paten ted Nov. l4, I899.

J. NEY.

TRIP HEAD FOR CARRIERS.

(Application filed Oct. 19, 1898.\

(No Model.)

and conveying rope.

UNITED STATES ATENT FFICE JACOB NEY, OF CANTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE V.L. NEY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

TRIP-HEAD FOR CARRIERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 636,834, dated November14, 1899.

Application filed October 19, 1898- Serial ITO/693,964. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB NEY, a citizen of the United States, residingat Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Trip-Heads for Carriers; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the numerals of referencemarked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a view showing the inventionapplied to a hay-carrier; Fig. 2is adetached view of the trip-head. Fig.3 is a view showing the trip-head attached to the elevating Fig. 4 is aview showing the clamp-sections detached. Fig. 5 is a view showing theclamp-sections placed together.

The present invention has relation to tripheads for carriers; and itconsists in the novel arrangement hereinafter described, and

The object of the invention is to connectto the carrier the loadconnected to the elevating-block before the elevating-block has reachedthe carrier proper.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents the track, which is suspendedto suitable hangers in the ordinary manner and upon which the carrier 2travels. The elevating-rope 3 is connected to the carrier 2 in the usualmanner and is operated to elevate the load and move the carrier and itsconnected load in the usual way that hay-elevator carriers are operatedor other overhead carriers. It will be understood that the carrierherein shown forms no particular part of the present invention, exceptthat a carrier of some description must necessarily be used to carry outthe purpose of the present invention. The elevating-head 4 is providedwith a suitable attaching device 5, which may be of any desired kind orstyle, and the top or upper portion of the elevating block or head isalso provided with the registering head 6, which is for the purpose ofconnecting the elevating-head, together with its load, to the carrier 2when the carrier herein shown is to be operated in the ordinary manner.At a point above the elevating-head 4 is attached the trip-head 7, thetop or upper end of which is provided with the registering head 8, whichregistering head is to correspond in size and shape in all its detailswith the shape of the registering head 6 and is so formed that it willtake the place of the registering head 6 when placed in the positionillustrated in Fig. 1. The trip-head. 7 is provided with thedownwardly-extending portion or arm 9 and the eye 10. In use when it isdesired to detach the carrier 2 from the stop-block 11, secured to thetrack 1, before the elevatinghead 4 has reached a point so that theregistering head 6 will engage with the carrier the trip-head 7 isconnected to one of the members of the elevating-rope 3 by passing thelooped or doubled portion of the elevatingrope 3 through the eye 10 andover the registering head, securely connecting the registering head tothe elevating-rope. ,It will be understood, however, that I do notdesire to be confined to the particular manner herein described forattaching the trip-head 7 to the elevating-rope, as other ways may beemployed without departing from the nature of my invention.

For the purpose of insuring the registering head 8 to enter the guideportion 12 of the carrier 2 the clamp-bars 13 are provided, and for thepurpose of providing a clamp that can be easily attached and detachedsaid clamp is formed in sections, and said sections hook or hingetogether by means of the eye 14 and the hook 15 or their equivalents.The opposite ends of the bars 13 are provided with the semicirculargrooves 16 and the recesses 17, the grooves 16 being for the purpose ofreceiving the elevating-rope 3, and the recesses 17 being for thepurpose of receiving the lug 18, which lug is preferably formed integralwith the trip-head 7. After the clamp-sections 13 have been brought intothe position illustrated in Fig. 1 the clamping-bolt 19 is placed in theposition illustrated in Fig. 1, which securely holds and clamps theregistering head 7, so that it cannot miss the proper connection withthe carrier when brought into position to be connected.

It will be seen that with my improved device I am enabled to elevate theload to any desired height or point within the limits of the movementsof the elevating-head 4. By this arrangement a load of hay or otherarticle need not necessarily be elevated to a point to engage theelevating-head 4 with the carrier, but may be connected to the carrierat any desired point of elevation. In the mowing of haythe trip-head 7can be adjusted so as to bring the load directly or Within a few feet ofthe top of the hay contained in the mow, and as the mow is filled thetriphead '7 can be adjusted from time to time, so that the load needonly be elevated at all times a few feet above the hay or other materialcontained in the mow or place of deposit. When it is desired to have theload proper travel parallel with the track, the elevating-rope 3 isprovided with the weight 20, by which arrangement the carrier willtravel, together with its load, carrying with it the weight 20. hen itis desired to have the load move upward or toward the carrier, after thehead 8 has engaged the carrier and said carrier released from thestop-blocks on the track 1, the weight 20 is removed from the hook 21and said hook connected to the eye 22 or its equivalent, at which timeas the carriage is moved upon the track 1 the elevating-rope 3 betweenthe head 4 and the pulley 23 will be shortened as the carriage is movedaway from the knot 24. It will be understood that the trip-head 7 andits diiferent parts must be so adjusted that the elevatinghead 4 willnot strike said trip-head. When the load has been released, the weightof the elevating-head,together with the fork or other attachmentconnected to the elevating-head, will cause the carrier to move backwardalong the track until the carriage comes in contact with thestop-blocks, which connects the carriage to the track and disengages theregistering head in the usual manner. For the purpose of causing theweight 20 to be elevated when said weight is connected to theelevating-rope said elevating-rope is provided with a knot, such as 24,or other stop, which prevents the rope from passing under the carrierproper, and as the pull of the elevatingrope takes effect the weight 20will be elevated, which weight returns the carriage, together with theelevating-head.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of an elevating-rope and a carrier, a trip-headprovided with a registering head and clamping-bars located below theregistering head, substantiallyas and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of a trip-head adj ustably attached to anelevating-rope, clampingbars 13, provided with the recesses 16 and 17,and a clamping bolt located through the clamping-bars and the trip-head,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A trip-head adjustably attached to the elevating-rope of a carrier,and provided with a registering head corresponding with and to theregistering head located upon the elevating-block, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

4. The combination of a traveling carriage, an elevating-rope connectedthereto, an elevating-head carried by the elevating-rope and thetrip-head 7 provided with the registering head 8, substantially as andfor the purpose set forth.

5. The trip-head 7 provided with the registering head 8 and the eye 10and an elevating-rope, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

JACOB NEY.

\Vitnesses:

F. W. BOND, J. A. humans.

